The psychology of obesity: An umbrella review and evidence-based map of the psychological correlates of heavier body weight

E Robinson, C Roberts, U Vainik, A Jones - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
Psychological factors may explain why some people develop obesity and others remain a
normal weight during their life course. We use an umbrella review approach to build an …

Descriptive, predictive and explanatory personality research: Different goals, different approaches, but a shared need to move beyond the Big Few traits

R Mõttus, D Wood, DM Condon… - European Journal …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
We argue that it is useful to distinguish between three key goals of personality science—
description, prediction and explanation—and that attaining them often requires different …

[HTML][HTML] Brain responses to high-calorie visual food cues in individuals with normal-weight or obesity: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis

Y Yang, Q Wu, F Morys - Brain sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Overconsumption of high-calorie or unhealthy foods commonly leads to weight gain.
Understanding people's neural responses to high-calorie food cues might help to develop …

The finer details? The predictability of life outcomes from Big Five domains, facets, and nuances

RD Stewart, R Mõttus, A Seeboth, CJ Soto… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Associations between personality traits and life outcomes are usually studied using the Big
Five domains and, occasionally, their facets. But recent research suggests these …

Development is in the details: Age differences in the Big Five domains, facets, and nuances.

R Mõttus, D Rozgonjuk - Journal of personality and social …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
We examined the extent to which the Big Five domains, 30 facets, and nuances (uniquely
represented by individual questionnaire items) capture age differences in personality …

Big five factor and facet personality determinants of conflict management styles

JA Espinoza, TA O'Neill, MBL Donia - Personality and Individual …, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous research has found consistent relations between dispositions and conflict
management styles (CMS). Much of this research has established relations between CMS …

Big Five facets' associations with pro‐environmental attitudes and behaviors

ARB Soutter, R Mõttus - Journal of Personality, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change mandates us to understand why individuals do (not) behave pro‐
environmentally and personality traits are well suited for this purpose. Past research has …

[HTML][HTML] Big Five personality traits and COVID-19 precautionary behaviors among older adults in Europe

J Airaksinen, K Komulainen, M Jokela… - Aging and health …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Taking precautions against COVID-19 is important among older adults who have
a greater risk for severe illness if infected. We examined whether Big Five personality traits …

What correlations mean for individual people: A tutorial for researchers, students and the public

R Mõttus - Personality Science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Trisecting and cross-tabulating (TACT) two related variables shows what their correlation
means for individual people. For example, knowing an individual's conscientiousness …

[HTML][HTML] A bottom-up approach dramatically increases the predictability of body mass from personality traits

K Arumäe, U Vainik, R Mõttus - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Personality traits consistently relate to and allow predicting body mass index (BMI), but these
associations may not be adequately captured with existing inventories' domains or facets …